Recipes

Date and Poppy Seed Pancakes

Ingredients

1 cup Buttermilk

1/2 cup California Dates, finely chopped

2 Tbsp Margarine, melted

1 Egg

3/4 cup Flour

1 Tbsp Poppy Seeds

1 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 tsp Salt

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, stir together buttermilk, dates, butter and egg to blend well. Combine remaining ingredients; stir into buttermilk, mixing lightly with a fork (do not try to smooth out all of the lumps). Heat skillet; spoon batter onto skillet allowing about 3 Tbsp of batter for each. Fry until golden brown, turn once. Dust with powdered sugar and serve with fresh fruit or syrup.

Variation: For Waffles, add 2 Tbsp of buttermilk to batter. Bake in waffle iron according to manufacture's instructions.